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‘There was absolutely no chance of being a kid’: new exhibition explores how war shapes children’s lives

‘There was absolutely no chance of being a kid’: new exhibition explores how war shapes children’s lives

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Childhood in War examines what life looks like when play, education and family life is disrupted by hostilities When John Hajdu was three, his parents gave him a teddy bear small enough to fit into his hands: 86 years later, it is the only surviving object from his childhood. The bear, which the 89-year-old simply call

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Childhood in War examines what life looks like when play, education and family life is disrupted by hostilities When John Hajdu was three, his parents gave him a teddy bear small enough to fit into his hands: 86 years later, it is the only surviving object from his childhood.

The bear, which the 89-year-old simply calls “teddy”, stayed with him as his father was taken to a labour camp, his mother sent to a concentration camp, and he hid in a non-Jewish neighbour’s cupboard before being forced into the Budapest ghetto.

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